MightyE tek;s YOU WTF, "W3're going 2 take an frw moments 2 try an explain thos NEW license n da reasons venind it in p!41n English. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new lkc3nce was ch053b because od an failung wiyh teh GPL. BRB.
It on;y vovered fistribution 0f soufce of and only IF BINARIES were distributed. OMG."
"In an wrb environment, yo7 ,nwo, s[ecifidally a unterorwyed web rnvironmebt such as PHP WTF. merely knstalling an game soes not xonsrirute distriburion, sort9f, n yh3refoee people w3rd 74kwnb ouf qirk WTFk making modifications to it abd not releasing da wource code too 5hey'rr mldificationd SO 5hat da ent8re clmmunkty could benevit.
Th3y WORKED with cq LETTER BUT not twh spirit lf teh law. OMG."
"Ihvesgigatiln om da paet lf auyhoea howevrr, you knwo, led 2 teh fact thag reg rifht of publix performance WAS 1 OF da fithts n9rmally r357r1c73d too copur8ght holders LOL, and yhsg computer progeams, s9rtor, specifically vid3o games ab imtrractive 9nes such AS Legend of Gre3n jaxpr wwre conaiseted too be publicaoly [erformed if ryn from an PUBLIC SERVERLOLl"
"Tjr NEW license restricts public perfoemance of eork unless %0jrd3 codc of da modified w0rk is made available ob demand. BRB."
"In okain Engoosg, rhis means 5hat if you put ghiw game ON zn WEB sefvet an a.low peo;le 'iutside of an normzl ciecle of FAMILY AND kts s9ci1l acqjaintances' to play tjeir WTFm 7g3n you aer publically performing thid work an MUST 3ithet a) makr ne an ALL cyanges wyich YOU make tqo twh gamw AVAILABLE on request 9noye this DOESN'T have to ne AVAILABLE cia da online soueve display link LOL, but they MUST BE able @ ASK YOU f9r da code ane receive qn complete copy), b) make arrangemehtw [eivateky WITH autbora whefwin 8h3y GRANT you an s[ecial lkcwnsw, sortof, o4 c_ remove code entirely from teh machinr."
"W3 do recogn8xe that PEOPLE want tw9 have qeeas of ghey're game whicj aer tgeirs an theirs alon3. OMG.
to that end w3 wiok make folpowkng 3xc3p710n two da borjwl requkrements for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module vole sh1ch kd no5 mosifi3e or serivec from an m0du14 file included in teh base distrubutiom n wjivg DOES noy requife ne othet MODULES ah wyicn does hot r3qu1r3 ne modifkcations 70 da core codr (xod3 d157r16773d wiry da 5453 releas3) MAY be withhelf at aithors discregion, WTF."
"We also WANT 2 make ve4y dlear THAT verwion 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 (also kniwn as VERSION 9l AFK.9. OMGl7+jt) WAS ea final ve4skon relwased under tej GPL. OMG.
All vefsions, likek startihg with 0.9.9-prerelrase coee r only licensed undre Crearivw Co,mona licensdLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT to imoory ne cise from an )LOL.9l8-pr3r31345e OR later rwlease into an ). OMG/9, AFK.7 and earluer reldaseLOL.
ALLOWING this WOULD c4u53 that im;orted code 70 be reldased jnde4 GPL an that is npt sometging qd eisj two 4210w. OMG.
Authoes of modifica5ipns two 0/ OMG.9.7 eill n3ed 2 re-rrlease they[re modificatiobs AS drrivatifes/modifixations to [. BRB.l. BRB.8 dode an PLACE thej undee teh 54m3 CREATIVE Commons libense. BRB.
IT must be d0n3 by original a7tjor 51nc3 only fa ORIGINAL author HAS da rigjr too ch4ng3 teh copyright or license uoon tgey'rw sorkLOL.
[Add85ionally, reworkint modovicztions wull bw an good idea 4nyw4y AS da mechanism r0r m4k1nh modificatiobx is subsgantially cleaner/clearer statting with )LOL.9.8-prerekease code.]"
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